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I don't think any word can explain a man's life.
Orson Welles
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Orson Welles
Age: 70 †
Born: 1915
Born: May 6
Died: 1985
Died: October 10
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I passionately hate the idea of being with it I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time.
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The best thing commercially, which is the worst artistically, by and large, is the most successful.
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A writer needs a pen, an artist needs a brush, but a filmmaker needs an army.
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We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.
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As for my style, for my vision of the cinema, editing is not simply one aspect it's the aspect.
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The trouble with a movie is that it's old before it's released. It's no accident that it comes in a can.
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I think we're a kind of desperation. We're sort of a maddening luxury. The basic and essential human is the woman, and all that we're doing is trying to brighten up the place. That's why all the birds who belong to our sex have prettier feathers - because males have got to try and justify their existence.
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'The Godfather' was the glorification of a bunch of bums who never existed.
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I hate Woody Allen physically, I dislike that kind of man.
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There are only two emotions in a plane: boredom and terror.
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Anybody who speaks quietly and shrivels up in company is unbelievably arrogant.
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The most personal thing I've put in [Touch of Evil] is my hatred of the abuse of police power. It's better to see a murderer go free than for a policeman to abuse his power.
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My mother and father were both much more remarkable than any story of mine can make them. They seem to me just mythically wonderful.
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Criminals are never very amusing. It's because they're failures. Those who make real money aren't counted as criminals. This is a class distinction, not an ethical problem.
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A movie studio is the best toy a boy ever had.
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Popularity should be no scale for the election of politicians. If it would depend on popularity, Donald Duck and The Muppets would take seats in senate.
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Nobody who takes on anything big and tough can afford to be modest.
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I am essentially a hack, a commercial person. If I had a hobby, I would immediately make money on it or abandon it.
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If I ever own a restaurant, I will never allow the waiters to ask if the diners like their dishes. Particularly when they're talking.
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People are losing the capacity to listen to words or follow ideas.
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